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Blaublitz Akita

Blaublitz Akita (ブラウブリッツ秋田, Burauburittsu Akita) is a Japanese professional association football team based in Akita, capital of Akita Prefecture. The club currently play in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football league. Due to the club's former ownership by TDK and thus formerly known as the TDK S.C. (JaWiki), most of the players were employees of TDK's Akita factory.

Blaublitz Akita
ブラウブリッツ秋田
Full nameBlaublitz Akita
Nickname(s)Blaublitz
Short nameBB, BBA, Blau
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965) as TDK S.C.
2010; 14 years ago (2010) as Blaublitz Akita
GroundSoyu Stadium
Akita, Akita Prefecture
Capacity20,125
J.League:18,528
ChairmanKosuke Iwase
ManagerKen Yoshida
LeagueJ2 League
2024J2 League, 10th of 20
Websiteblaublitz.jp
Current season

History

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The club based in Nikaho, Akita, was founded in 1965. They were promoted to the Tohoku Regional League in 1982. They played in the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1985 and 1986. They were the only club in Tohoku region competing in the JSL.

In 2006, they won the Tohoku Regional League championship for the fifth straight year. They were automatically promoted to the Japan Football League after they won the National Regional League Playoffs.

The team has announced that it would separate from its parent company and join the J. League if the club's final yearly standing should ever allow promotion.

In May, 2009, TDK announced that the football club will become independent for the 2010 season and be based around Akita. Later in 2010 the club's name was changed to "Blaublitz Akita". Blau and Blitz mean blue and lightning in German respectively.

In 2014 they entered the J3 League after previously playing in the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese association football league system until promotion to J2 in 2020.

The club moved to Akita City[1] and entered the J3 League for the 2014 season. The club finished 8th in each of its first two years in the professional competition. In the 2017 season, their fourth, they won the title, however due to their lacking a license to play upper-tier football, they were not promoted, becoming the first professional third-tier champion not to be promoted. However, Akita acquired the J2 license on September 27, 2018,[2] after which they won the title again in the 2020 season, returning to the second tier for the first time in 34 years.

Stadium

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Their home stadium is Soyu Stadium, also known as "Yabase" (capacity 20,125 and the J.League's oldest serving stadium). The club practices at the adjacent Akita Sports Plus ASP Stadium and Space Project Dream Field.

League and cup record

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League Cup Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Tier Teams Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts Attendance/G
TDK
1982 Tohoku 3 8 1st 14 11 3 0 41 12 29 25 - — -
1983 8 1st 14 13 1 0 76 13 63 27 - -
1984 8 1st 14 11 1 2 50 15 35 23 - 1st round
1985 JSL2 2 12 12th 14 0 3 11 12 48 -36 3 - -
1986 16 15th 20 0 1 19 21 111 -90 2 - -
1987 Tohoku 3 8 3rd 14 10 2 2 51 15 36 22 - 1st round
1988 8 1st 14 12 0 2 48 13 35 24 - 1st round
1989 8 1st 14 11 2 1 49 11 38 24 - 1st round
1990 8 2nd 14 9 3 2 31 13 18 21 - -
1991 8 3rd 14 8 1 5 27 26 1 17 - -
1992 4 8 5th 14 6 2 6 18 24 -6 14 - -
1993 8 5th 14 4 3 7 22 30 -8 11 - -
1994 3 8 5th 14 3 5 6 18 28 -10 11 - -
1995 8 5th 14 4 5 5 20 23 -3 13 - -
1996 8 5th 14 6 2 6 25 24 1 14 - 1st round
1997 8 3rd 14 6 2 6 28 27 1 20 - -
1998 8 3rd 14 8 1 5 30 18 12 25 - 1st round
1999 4 8 2nd 14 7 5 2 35 13 22 26 - 1st round
2000 8 1st 14 11 1 2 41 11 30 35 - 1st round
2001 8 2nd 14 9 2 3 41 12 29 29 - -
2002 8 1st 14 13 1 0 39 6 33 40 - 1st round
2003 8 1st 14 8 5 1 38 12 26 29 - 2nd round
2004 8 1st 14 11 1 2 43 10 33 34 - 1st round
2005 8 1st 14 9 2 1 36 10 26 29 - 1st round
2006 8 1st 14 14 0 0 58 7 51 42 - 2nd round
2007 JFL 3 18 13th 34 11 9 14 49 47 2 42 983 4th round
2008 18 13th 34 10 11 13 48 47 1 41 951 1st round
2009 18 10th 34 14 4 16 39 54 -15 46 741 1st round
Blaublitz Akita
2010 JFL 3 18 8th 34 14 9 11 54 41 13 51 1,256 — 2nd round
2011 18 14th 33 10 7 16 38 52 -14 37 1,274 2nd round
2012 17 13th 32 9 10 13 33 41 -8 37 1,136 2nd round
2013 18 8th 34 14 8 12 48 45 3 50 1,768 2nd round
2014 J3 12 8th 33 10 4 19 38 57 -19 34 1,773 2nd round
2015 13 8th 36 12 9 15 37 40 -3 45 1,998 2nd round
2016 16 4th 30 14 8 8 37 26 11 50 2,425 2nd round
2017 17 1st 32 18 7 7 53 31 22 61 2,364 1st round
2018 17 8th 32 12 7 13 37 35 2 43 2,839 1st round
2019 18 8th 34 13 10 11 45 35 10 49 1,576 1st round
2020 † 18 1st 34 21 10 3 55 18 37 73 1,221 Semi Final
2021 J2 2 22 13th 42 11 14 17 41 53 -12 47 2,097 1st round
2022 22 12nd 42 15 11 16 39 46 -7 56 2,283 2nd round
2023 22 13th 42 12 15 15 37 44 -7 51 3,139 2nd round
2024 20 10th 38 15 9 14 36 35 1 54 4,128 3rd round 2nd round
2025 20 TBA 38 TBD TBD
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: Source: J. League Data Site[3]

Honours

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Blaublitz Akita Honours
Honour No. Years
Tohoku Soccer League 11 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (shared with Grulla Morioka), 2006
Regional Promotion Series 1 2006
J3 League 2 2017, 2020

Current squad

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As of 30 July 2024.[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   JPN Genki Yamada
2 DF   JPN Ryohei Okazaki
3 DF   JPN Tatsushi Koyanagi
4 DF   JPN Koji Hachisuka
5 DF   JPN Takashi Kawano
6 MF   JPN Hiroto Morooka
7 MF   JPN Takuma Mizutani
8 FW   JPN Junki Hata
9 MF   JPN Ryota Nakamura
10 FW   JPN Ren Komatsu
11 FW   JPN Yukihito Kajiya
13 DF   JPN Ryuji Saito
14 MF   JPN Ryuhei Oishi
16 DF   JPN Kota Muramatsu
17 FW   JPN Koya Handa
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   JPN Ibuki Yoshida
20 MF   JPN Hiroki Kurimoto
22 DF   JPN Takumi Kawamura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
23 GK   JPN Soki Yatagai
25 MF   JPN Tomofumi Fujiyama
27 DF   JPN Keita Yoshioka (on loan from Montedio Yamagata)
29 FW   JPN Daiki Sato (on loan from Machida Zelvia)
39 DF   JPN Kyowaan Hoshi
40 FW   JPN Shota Aoki
41 GK   JPN Kosuke Inose (on loan from SC Sagamihara)
42 FW   JPN Ken Tshizanga Matsumoto
47 GK   JPN Tomoki Horiuchi Type 2
77 FW   JPN Keito Kawamura (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
80 MF   JPN Kazuya Onohara (on loan from Zweigen Kanazawa)
88 DF   JPN Kenichi Kaga

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW   JPN Shion Niwa (at Kamatamare Sanuki)
45 MF   JPN Hinase Suzuki (at Michinoku Sendai)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   JPN Shintaro Kato (at Vanraure Hachinohe)
— FW   JPN Hayate Take (at Thespa Gunma)

Club officials

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Position Name
Manager   Ken Yoshida
Assistant manager   Hirotaka Usui
First-team coach   Shota Sakagawa
  Masanori Tamo
Goalkeeper coach   Hirohito Ito
Analytical coach   Haruki Sasaki
Chief trainer   Yuta Kobayashi
Trainer   Kaichi Hiraoka
  Ryota Kanagaya
Competent   Taichi Matsuda
Side affairs   Hiromasa Nishizawa

Managerial history

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Name Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Kazuaki Sato   Japan 1988 ?[5][6][7]
Norio Sasaki   Japan ? 31 January 1998 [8]
Tsutomu Komatsu   Japan 1 February 1999 31 January 2007
Hisao Sasaki   Japan 1 February 2008 31 January 2009
Hirotoshi Yokoyama   Japan 1 February 2010 31 January 2011
Yuji Yokoyama   Japan 1 February 2012 31 January 2013
George Yonashiro   Brazil /   Japan 1 February 2013 31 January 2014
Shuichi Mase   Japan 1 February 2015 31 January 2016
Koichi Sugiyama   Japan 1 February 2017 11 July 2018
Shuichi Mase   Japan 12 July 2018 31 January 2019
Ken Yoshida   Japan 1 February 2020 Current

List of captains

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# Name Captaincy years
- Akira Sasaki [9] JSL Era
7 Satoshi Sato[10]
17 Moriyasu Saito[11]
4 Masatoshi Ozawa 2007–2009
18 Satoshi Yokoyama 2010
2 Hiroyuki Kobayashi 2011
10 Masatoshi Matsuda 2012-2013
10 Shingo Kumabayashi 2014
4 Toshio Shimakawa 2015
24 Naoyuki Yamada 2016-2018
39
24 		Hiroki Kotani
Naoyuki Yamada 		2019
24 Naoyuki Yamada 2020
9 Ryota Nakamura 2021
23 Shuto Inaba 2022
33 Ryutaro Iio 2023
6 Hiroto Morooka 2024-

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Kit evolution

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Top goal scorers by seasons

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Season Name Goals
2014   Hirochika Miyoshi 12
2015   Kyohei Maeyama 10
2016   Tomohiro Tanaka 8
2017 15
2018   Tomohiro Tanaka
  Ken Hisatomi 		6
2019   Ryota Nakamura 11
2020 10
2021   Hayate Take 7
2022   Ibuki Yoshida
  Shota Aoki 		5
2023   Keita Saito 5

Emperor's Cup Record (1984-2014)

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15 December 1984 1 Aichi Gakuin University 3–1 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
19 December 1987 1 TDK 1–10 Tokai University
JST (UTC 9)
24 December 1988 1 Yomiuri 4–1 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
9 December 1989 1 PJM Futures 5–0 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
3 November 1996 1 Volca Kagoshima 3–1 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
29 November 1998 1 Omiya Ardija 1–0 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
28 November 1999 1 Mito HollyHock 5–1 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
25 November 2000 1 Juntendo University 3–2 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
25 November 2002 1 Sagawa Printing 1–0 TDK Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC 9)
30 November 2003 1 Alouette Kumamoto 1–3 TDK SC Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium
Aira   86' Report Morita   18', 75', 87' Attendance: 536
7 December 2003 2 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 6–0 TDK SC Tokushima Naruto Stadium
  06'
  44'
  45'
  62'
  65'
  84'		 Report Attendance: 655
2004-09-23 1 TDK SC 2–3 Tottori SC Yabase Athletic Field
own goal   44'
Ozawa   73'		 Report Yamazaki   27'
Kobayashi   60'
Hori   67'		 Attendance: 1,111[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
2005-09-17 1 TDK 1–3 Ehime FC Yabase Athletic Field
15:00 Togashi   27' Report Maegawa   24'
Hoshino   33'
Akai   38'		 Attendance: 1,168
Referee: Hiroyuki Anzai
2006-09-17 1 TDK 2–0 Japan Soccer College Yabase Athletic Field
13:00 Ozawa   10'
Fujiwara   80'		 Report Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Yusuke Murata
2006-09-23 2 Hosei University 2–0 TDK Yumenoshima Stadium
13:00 Inoue   61'
Kosukegawa   71'		 Report Attendance: 449
Referee: Keiichi Sunagawa
2007-09-16 1 Nirasaki Astros 0–8 TDK S.C. Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu
13:00 Ozawa   1'
Matsuda   27',   39',   47'
(own goal)   37'
Togashi   55'
Ikeda   61',   79'
2007-09-23 2 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. 0–2 TDK S.C. Kagawa Sports Park, Takamatsu
13:00 Ikeda   35'
Matsuda   42'
2007-10-07 3 Consadole Sapporo 1–1
(9–10 p)		 TDK S.C. Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium, Sapporo
13:00 Ishii   4' Report Matsugae   2'
2007-11-04 4 FC Tokyo 2–1 TDK SC Ajinomoto Stadium
13:00 Hirayama   52'
Konno   82'		 Matsuda   53'
2008-09-13 1 TDK S.C. 2  – 3 (a.e.t.) Osaka Taiiku University Yabase Athletic Field
13:00 Narita   63'
Ikeda   79'		 Report Mori   23', 33'
Kawanishi   92'		 Attendance: 773
Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi
2009-09-19 1 TDK SC 1–2 Sony Sendai Akita Athletics Stadium, Akita
13:00 Yokoyama   16' Report Machida   32'
Konta   65'		 Attendance: 392
Referee: Hiosaharu Kitamura
2010-09-03 1 Yamagata University 1–6 Blaublitz Akita ND Stadium, Tendō
19:00 Sato   38' Report Yokoyama   1', 62'
Fukazawa   5'
Ka. Sato   22'
Togashi   43'
Maeyama   75'		 Attendance: 452
Referee: Koei Koya
2010-09-05 2 Montedio Yamagata 3–0 Blaublitz Akita ND Stadium, Tendō
18:00 Masuda   32'
Ota   68'
  89' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 3,085
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
2011-09-04 1 Blaublitz Akita 13–0 Yamagata University School of Medicine Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita City
13:00 Miyoshi   13'
Matsuda   26', 41', 56', 73', 75'
Imai   30', 53'
Higa   45 2', 61'
Kawata   73'
Kozawa   80'
Chino   90 3'		 Report Attendance: 473
Referee: Toshiyuki Wazumi
2011-10-08 2 Montedio Yamagata 2–0 Blaublitz Akita ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō
13:00 Shimomura   23'
Hasegawa   38'		 Report Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Minoru Tojo
2 September 2012 1 Blaublitz Akita 1–0 Heisei International University Akita Yabase Stadium, Akita
13:00 Taisuke Matsugae   62' report Attendance: 677
Referee: Taku Hase
9 September 2012 2 Omiya Ardija 2–0 Blaublitz Akita Kumagaya Athletic Stadium, Kumagaya
13:00 Carlinhos   45 4'
Cho Young-Cheol   68'		 report Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
1 September 2013 1 Blaublitz Akita 2–0 Renofa Yamaguchi FC Akita
13:00 Maeyama   23'
Handa   31'		 Report Stadium: Akita Yabase Stadium
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Atsushi Uemura
7 September 2013 2 Vegalta Sendai 3–0 Blaublitz Akita Sendai
15:00 Sasaki   1'
Akamine   63'
Matsushita   82'		 Report Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 3,377
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
5 July 2014 1 Blaublitz Akita 7–1 Saitama SC Akita
19:00 Stadium: Akita Yabase Athletic Field
12 July 2014 2 FC Tokyo 8–0 Blaublitz Akita Chōfu, Tokyo
18:00 Mita   11'
Kawano   22'
Morishige   26'
Edú   29' (P), 58'
Ota   48' (DFK)
Hirayama   62'
Watanabe  84'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 5,860
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

JSL Cup Record

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23 June 1985 1 Honda FC 6–0 TDK
JST (UTC 9)
28 June 1986 1 Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 2–0 TDK
JST (UTC 9)

Seasons

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TDK fans in 2007, Ajinomoto Stadium

Support

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Blaublitz Akita's main active supporters' group is called the Blue tasu Akita.[20]

Stadium and facilities

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Tsuchizaki Facility[21]

Former facilities

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Team mascots

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Blaublitz Akita Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic
IndustrySports
FoundedSeptember 14, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-09-14) in Akita, Japan [27]
HeadquartersTokan Building 1F, Sanno 3–1–7,
Akita City
,
Japan
RevenueJPY 435 million (2019) [28]
JPY −3 million (2019) [28]
JPY 2 million (2019) [28]
Total assetsJPY 99 million [28]
Headquarters
 

The official team mascot is an 8-year-old Ryūjin, named Blaugon and wears #00.[29]

 
Blaugon

Songs and chants

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TDK derby list

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1996-08-25 9 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 0–4 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture
1996-09-29 12 TDK Akita 3–1 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Akita Prefecture
1997-08-24 8 TDK Akita 6–0 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Akita Prefecture
1997-10-19 13 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 0–2 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture
1998-05-30 2 TDK Akita 4–0 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] Nikaho, Akita
Stadium: TDK General Sports Center
1998-08-30 8 Tsuruoka TDK [ja] 2–5 TDK Akita Yamagata Prefecture

Rivalries

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Ōu Honsen (Dewa derby)

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Main article: Ōu Honsen

TDK and NEC Yamagata first met in 1990 in old Tohoku regional football league. The two clubs have been based in former Dewa Province, and their rivalry is renamed as Ōu Honsen (奥羽本戦) after the Japan Railways Ōu Main Line (奥羽本線) in 2021.[32]

Broadcasters

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Shirt sponsorship by TDK

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